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skatol

skatol is the dated form of skatole.

Meaning of skatole

Noun

skatole (plural skatoles)

  1. A mildly toxic white crystalline organic compound of the indole family, occurring naturally in faeces and coal tar, 3-methylindole (C₉H₉N).

Forms of skatol

pluralskatols

Questions about skatol

What is skatol the dated form of?
Skatol is the dated form of skatole.

Words near skatol in the dictionary

  1. skating over
  2. skating rink
  3. skating rinks
  4. skatings
  5. skatist
  6. skatol
  7. skatole
  8. skatoles
  9. skatology
  10. skatols
  11. skats

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Adapted from Wiktionary: skatol (page history and authors); skatole (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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